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(No Model.) T I I -B OVE HARNESS STRAP ATTACHMENT. No. 381,216. 1 P-atentedApL- 17, 1888;

flttorney N. PETERS. PhmLflhngmpher. Walhlnglnn. D. C.

I c To all ivhom it ma concern.- I

' UNITED STATES 'ENooH covERT, on FARMER VILLAGE, NEw" YORK.

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HARNESS-STRAP, ATTACH M ENTj "v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 381.216, dated April 17,1888.

Application filed February 6, 1888. Serial No.263.081. (No model.)

Be. it known that I, ENOOH COVERT, a'citizen of the" United States, residing at Farmer Village, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, have invented certain new and usep ful Improvements in Attachments and Projtectors for Harness-Straps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same;

This invention relates to i'mprovementsin attachments and protectors for harness-straps;

and the novelty consists in the peculiar combination, arrangement, and adaptation of'the various parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and especially pointed out-in the claims.

I The object of the present invention is it provide acarrying-platefor the buckle and loops which is doubled back on itself only a suflicient distance to permit of receiving a rivet through both thicknesses for the attachment of a buckle. V g

A further object of the invention is to construct the tuck-loops or keeper separately, so that they may be moved'indep'endently of each other. 1 y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of myattachment applied-to a suitable strap. Fig. 2 is a planview'of a plate carrying thebuckle and tuck-loops, and Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 1. 7

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A designates the carrying-plate, which is formed of a single piece of sheet metal of the desired pattern, and is doubled back on itself far enough so as to permit of the passage of one or more rivets. At the end where the plate is-bent I form an opening, in which may be Fig. 1 of the drawings.

secured a buckle of any suitable form. In-

heretofore. employed. v

It will be observed that the bearingfor the" tuck-loops or keepers is formed partly-- by the] riveted end of the strap,which passes through Q 5 5 the said tuck loops and securely holds them in the depression made in the carrying-plate 7 A. The said plate A is attached to the strap by means of rivets passing through the aper tures c 0 made inthe former. 6o

In*Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown a modificatiomwherein the continued end 'of the carryingplate is extendedand formed intoa hooked portion, (1, which will conformrto the strap when the latter is folded at that point, a

and which serves to protect the same, as will be fully understood. I It'will also be. seen that the tuck-loops are each provided one above and one below the carrying-plate, and that they'can by this construction be moved inde- 7c 1 pendentlyof eachjother, and also thatthey are made to lie down fiat andcompactly against the adjacent faces of thestrap, so thatmyim provement will at all times present a neat V finish. It'is also adapted for use on various parts of harness, is cheaplyjmanufactured,and

it isvery effective and efficient in its various uses. It. will be further understood thatrthe purpose of the hooked portion d is to protect Y t the fold of -the strap at that point fromthe 8c undue wear of a ring oranalogo'us article that I, is used in connection with the strap,herein'be fore described. I

,My device is constructed byhaving the blank or sheet-metal plates cut out by; means '85 of suitable dies and the buckle and thedepresf sion for the tuck-loops formed therein, when,

bysimply bending the plate back upon itself with the buckle and'tuck-loops inplace and J forming the hook on the end, all the said parts go of the device are firmly secured together with- I L out soldering or brazing. g I V Havingdescribedmy'invention,whatI claim is; I

-1. In a harnessstrap-attachmer t;the com-F bination of the sheet metal 'platel having one of its ends doubled on itself to form aloop and secured by a'rivet, and having the depression or angle forthe tuck-loops formed thereinand the strap secured to' th ame, theTbuckle ark ioo I pense'with a great amount of the material ranged in the said loop, and the keepers contecting portion, the buckle secured to the said fined between the metal plate and the strap, plate, and the'keepers or tuck-loops confined substantially as described, and for the purpose between the plate and the strap, substantially set forth. as and for the purpose set forth.

5 2. In a harness-strap attachment having the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in r 5 sheet-metal plate doubled, as described, and presence of two witnesses. provided with the depression or angle at a ENOOH COVERT. point intermediate of the ends of the said plate, Witnesses: the latter being extended from the said point 0. G. WHEEIJER, [O in a single thickness to form the hooked pro- D. O. BASSETTE. 

